Derives from the following common Irish greetings
1, Whats the story?
2, Whats the craic?
It also comes from the Cockney rhyming slang -
Jackanory = story
So asking "Whats the craicanory" you're basically asking "whats up?" or "any news?"
All right boss whats the Craicanory?
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